Islamabad → Hunza
Islamabad–Hunza is the drive that made the KKH legendary — the eighth wonder billboards undersell it. Fly/drive combinations let you keep the best half and skip the motorway prologue.
Gilgit's short sector is scenic and famously weather-sensitive; mornings complete most reliably.
The KKH proper: Besham's river bends, the Nanga Parbat face at Raikot, Rakaposhi rising after Gilgit. Split at Besham or Chilas southbound of Gilgit; the final Hunza hour is the reward reel.
Questions, answered
Fly or drive Islamabad to Hunza?
Fly to Gilgit if your dates are tight (50 minutes + a 2.5-hour valley drive); drive at least one direction if you can spare a day — Raikot's Nanga Parbat view and Rakaposhi's arrival are road-only privileges.
Skip the logistics. Keep the scenery.
Private convoys on this corridor with photo-stop discipline, or the full journey folded into a SafarGB itinerary at Hunza.